Investing.com – Netherlands equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Amsterdam, the AEX lost 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the AEX were Gemalto (AS:GTO), which rose 1.93% or 0.86 points to trade at 45.50 at the close. Akzo Nobel (AS:AKZO) added 0.84% or 0.65 points to end at 78.35 and Koninklijke DSM NV (AS:DSMN) was up 0.75% or 0.48 points to 64.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV (AS:BOSN), which lost 2.05% or 0.58 points to trade at 27.99 in late trade. Altice NV (AS:ATCA) declined 1.58% or 0.30 points to end at 18.71 and Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (AS:AD) shed 1.46% or 0.24 points to 16.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 80 to 42 and 9 ended unchanged on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
The AEX Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of AEX options, was up 0.55% to 13.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.07% or 0.51 to $48.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.18% or 0.61 to hit $52.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.39 to trade at $1293.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1803, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.9231.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.19.